Door-hanger



(No Model.) 2 Sheets- -Sheet 1. W. J. LANE.

130011 HANGER.

NO. 422,306. Paten'bed Feb. 25, 1890.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. W. J. LANE. DOOR HANGER (No Model.)

No. 422,306. Pa.tented Feb. 25, 1890..

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM J. LANE,OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 422,306, dated Februaiy 25, 1890.

Application filed November 12, 1889. Serial 1 To 329,988. (No model.)

T0 aZZ wh0m it may concern.-

Be it knovvn that I, WILLIAM J. LANE, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new an d nseful Improvement in Door-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact deseription of the same.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a hanger for doors, and while I have shown the invention as applied to house doors, to which use it is particularly adapted, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to this specific application, as t may be applied to barn-doors and other 1ike construdtion.

In the accompanying drawngs, Fignre 1 is a side elevation of the hanger shown as app1ied to a door, part of the door being shown and a portion of the snrronnding framework. Fig. 2 is a vertical section throngh the door, track, and bracket, with some of the parts in side elevation. Fig 3 is a detail view of the block for holding the parts of the hanger together.

In the draWings, Fig. 2 represents the relative position of the door, the track, and the hanger, the door being snpported frorn its upper end and movin g between two rows of studding arranged in the ordinary mannen The hanger proper is composed of two parts, each provided with a way and a sheave, and these two parts have horizontal extensi0ns a, Which overlap, as shown in Fig 1, and are held together by blocks g, so as to be capable of adjnstment to increase or diminish the distance between the ways, according to the width of the door to Which the hanger is to be applied. 'Ihe extensions o are preferably of flat metal and are passed through openings in the blocks g, corresponding in size to the height and width of the two extensions as they lie side by side. These blocks have a screwthreaded opening through their low'er end, in which is inserted a set-screw, which, When the ways have been properly adjusted, are turned npuntil their ends bear against the lower edges of the extensions, thns holding the block and the extensions clamped t0- gether.

Instead of the setscrews passing throngh the bottom of the block they n1ay pass throngh the upper ends. It vvill also be understood that vvhile the holding=block described is the preferred way of holding the extensions together other n1eans may be provided for clamping the parts together, and at the Same time allowing for their longitndinal adjustment. Each of the extensions terminates on its onter end in a loop, which e1nbraces a sheave, ways being provided in the loop by horizontal slots formed in the walls thereof, and in these slots the j ournals of the sheaves are adapted to run. These slots provide praotically a ri *id bearing forthe jonrnals of the sheaves, and thus prevent the tendency to lateral oscillation which is seen in. those forms of hangers Where the j onrnals have a hearing upon one side only, though this latter arrangement may be used.

By connecting the ways together by the i11- terrnediate extension the hanger is practically Iigid, and When the parts thereof have been properly adj usted and are found to be true there is no liability of irregularity in the rnnning of the sheaves, and no danger of the way at one end getting out of alignment with the way at the opposite end, which is very often the case when the ways of each end of the door are independent of each other.

Connection is made to the door by means of the plate c, Which is securely fastened to the upper edge of the door, one at each end. A screw-threaded sleeve d has a connection with the plate by means of its flanged lower end fitting a connterbore in the under face' of the plate while its body portion passes np throngh an opening in the said plate, thns making a close fir1n bearing, Which, aided by the proimity of the rail, prevents undue lat eral nioveinent and renders unnecessary means=such as a roller-=-for lateral hearing.

Tl1is sleeve is nternally serew-threaded and engages With 'che tlneaded lower end of A depending ann e, whieh is bent at its eentral p01tion to pass around the track, while the upper end is seeurely fastened by rivets 01 otherwise between the ends of thebars forming the ways. The sleeve luis a series of holes on its lower end for the insertion of a pin for purposes of adjustment; but any other means may be provided for tnrnin g t11e sleeve to adjus'o uhe hanger vertically. If desired, tl1e sleeve may be npon the depending arin and a screw-threaded bolt; project up from the holdingplate.

It Will be seen chat by provdin g the ways in the form of a loop With the sheaves inelosed that the hanger is adapted to a single track, tl1us reqniring but a single wl1eel at each end and allowing for the use of a eheap form of track, Whieh 1nay eonsist, s shown in Fig. 2, of a flat; bar riveted te traek-brackets snitably secured to a board extending in the direction of the move1nent of the hanger.

I claim as my invention- 1. A door-hanger eonsisting of ways at eaeh end, formed by a loop enoi1eling a single shezwe, L dependingarm seeured between the bars forming the loop, one of the bars of each loop hzwing 2m overlapping extension a, and means 'or seenring these extensons adjustably togeuher, substantially as deseribed.

2. In a door-hanger, ways at each end thereof, overlapping extensions, one from eael1 way, and a holding-bleek for said extension, witl1 means for elamping sad extensons and bleek together, substantially as de scribed.

3. In a door-hanger, a plate fo1 at'achment WILLIAM J. LANE. \Vitnessesz GEO. II. SHERM\AN E. M. MEEKS. 

